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Default ORBAT British Army Foreign Stations 03.09.39.

I found this info as an old word document on an ancient cd. I have no recollection of its origin, nor can I vouch for its accuracy. It may be of interested so I'll copy it over a number of pages.

Stephen.

BRITISH ARMY- Foreign Stations (except India) 03-09-39
I. The Atlantic
A. The Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands Defence Force: Port Stanley
B. Newfoundland
The Newfoundland Militia: St. John's
C. St. Helena
The St. Helena Rifles
D. Bermuda
One Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light
Detachment, The Royal Engineers
The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps: Hamilton
The Bermuda Militia
The Bermuda Militia Artillery: Hamilton
The Bermuda Volunteer Engineers - attached to Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

II. The Caribbean
A. Barbados
The Barbados Volunteer Force
B. Jamaica
Jamaica Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
44th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
2nd Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery (Cadre): Kingston and Port Royal
2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (Less one company in Bermuda)
The Kingston Infantry Volunteers: Kingston
The Jamaica Militia Artillery: Defended Port of Kingston and Port Royal
The Jamaica Engineer Corps
C. The Leeward Islands
The Antigua Defence Force: Antigua
The Dominica Defence Force: Dominica
The Montserrat Defence Force: Montserrat
The St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force: Basseterre
D. Trinidad
The Trinidad Volunteers
The Trinidad Light Horse
The Trinidad Light Infantry
The Trinidad Volunteer Reserve of Europeans
The Trinidad Volunteer Artillery: Port O'Prince
E. The Windward Islands
The Grenada Volunteer Corps: Grenada
The St. Lucia Volunteer Corps: St. Lucia
The St. Vincent Volunteer Corps: St. Vincent

III. British Guiana
The British Guiana Militia
The British Guiana Militia Artillery: Georgetown

IV. British Honduras
The British Honduras Defence Force

V. China
A. Shanghai Area
The Shanghai Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
Detachment, Royal Engineers
2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
The Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Shanghai Light Horse 'A' Company (British),
Mih-Ho-Loong Rifles
American Troop Jewish Company
Armoured Car Company Light Automatic (Air Defence) Company
'C' Machine-Gun Company American Company
Shanghai Field Company Portuguese Company
Signal Company American Machine-Gun Company
Japanese Company
Phillipine Company
Interpreter Company (Chinese)
Shanghai Russian Regiment
'C' Battalion, 'B' Company (British) Transport Company
Shanghai Scottish Company 'H' Company
B. Tientsin Area
The Tientsin Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
'A' Company plus one platoon, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry - Pekin
Detachment, Royal Engineers
C. Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals
8th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
12th, 20th, 24th, 30th Heavy Batteries, RA;
X Heavy Battery, HKSRA
5th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
7th, 9th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA
22nd, 40th Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers
1st Hong Kong Medium Regiment, Hong Kong-Singapore, Royal Artillery
1st, 2nd Mountain Batteries, HKSRA;
3rd, 4th Medium Batteries, HKSRA
The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
1st Battery - Cape D'Aguilan
2nd Battery - Bluff Head, Stanley
3rd Battery - Aberdeen Island
4th Battery - Pak Sha Wan
5th (Anti-Aircraft) Battery - Sai Wan Hill
Field Company Engineers - Fanling and Forward Area
Signals - Hong Kong Island
Armoured Car Platoon - Forward Area
No. 1 Company - Kai Tak Airfield
No. 2 (Scottish) Company - Sheko Peninsula
No. 3 (Eurasian) Company - Stonecutter's Island
No. 4 (Chinese) Company - HighWest and Mt. Kellett
No. 5 Company - Mount Davis
No. 6 (Portuguese) Company - North Shin, Naval Yard to Causeway
No. 7 Company - Magasin Gap and Wanchui Gap
The Stanley Platoon - Stanley
Army Service Corps Company - HQ Deepwater Bay
The Hughe's Group (Hughesiliers) - Northern Point
The Hong Kong Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots
1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment M-G: Nagking Barracks, Sam Shui Pu, Mainland
1st Kumaon Rifles, 19th Hyderabad Regiment: Whitfield Barracks, Hong Kong
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